The Supreme Court recently summarised the principles governing arbitrability in cases involving allegations of serious fraud, stating that such disputes needed more clarity regarding the availability of the remedy. The Bench of Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Manoj Misra passed the order on a batch of civil appeals challenging the Patna High Court verdict, which…
The Supreme Court on Thursday pulled up the Uttar Pradesh police for not registering an FIR into a complaint made by a person regarding threat/inducement to not depose in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case involving former Union Minister’s son Ashish Mishra. The Bench of Justice Surya Kant, Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice N Kotiswar Singh rejected…
In a significant development for press freedom and public interest, the blanket media gag order on the Dharmasthala mass burial allegations has been lifted. A Bengaluru court on Wednesday rejected the Dharmasthala temple administration’s plea to continue the interim injunction that restrained news outlets and social media from reporting on the case. Additional City Civil…
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the writ petition filed by Allahabad High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma, challenging the in-house inquiry report that indicted him over the alleged recovery of a huge amount of unaccounted cash from his official residence in Delhi. The Bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice AG Masih framed six…
Former Supreme Court judge Justice Madan B Lokur has expressed serious concerns over the rising interference of Executive in the judges’ selection process. Speaking during a lecture event organised by ‘The Global Jurist’ in Delhi on Wednesday, Justice Lokur said the appointment process must remain with the Collegium. It it went into the hands of the…
The Allahabad High Court will hear on Thursday, a writ petition challenging the constitutional validity of The Uttar Pradesh Shri Bankey Bihari Ji Temple Trust Ordinance, 2025, promulgated by the Governor on May 26, 2025. The matter will be heard by the Division Bench of Justice Arindam Sinha and Justice Manjive Shukla. The plea has…
The Supreme Court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for repeatedly raping his 10-year-old daughter. The Bench of Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Sandeep Mehta pulled up the petitioner for arguing that he had been falsely implicated because he had disapproved of his daughters’ romantic alliances. Terming the claim as completely ‘hollow,’ the top…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the criminal proceedings against YouTuber Elvish Yadav alias Siddharth, who was accused of organising rave parties where foreigners were invited and snake venom was used as a recreational drug. The Bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice NK Singh further sought response from the State of Uttar Pradesh on…
The Central government has notified the appointment of 53 judicial members to various Benches of the Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT) across the country, including the Principal Bench in New Delhi. As per a notification issued by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel & Training Secretariat of the…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside the Madras High Court verdict, which prohibited the use of names and photographs of former Chief Ministers, party leaders or living personalities, along with symbols and insignia of political parties, in government welfare schemes. The Bench of Chief Justice India BR Gavai, Justice K Vinod Chandran and Justice…